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Besides employment, it also prevents citizens from voting after they have served their time.
by donarb 8y ago
Besides employment, it also prevents citizens from voting after they have served their time.
- c22 8y agoNot everywhere. In Seattle, for instance, voting rights are restored after serving time and any probationary period.
- maxerickson 8y agoVoting rights are eventually restored in most of the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony_disenfranchisement#In_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony_disenfranchisement#In_t... A lot of states do restrict the vote for those on parole or probation, but once the supervision ends the vote is restored.
- forapurpose 8y ago> it also prevents citizens from voting It is widely believed, and I think established by White House recordings, that Nixon established the War on Drugs to attack people he didn't like: Hippies and blacks. I believe that in public affairs and politics, the way to evaluate and act is to look at the (expected) outcomes and to ignore all the rhetoric. First, the outcomes are what matters and there's not a high correlation with the claims made ahead of time. Second, politicians are sophisticated enough to know what the outcomes will be; I think it's reasonable to assume that they know what is going to happen.
- hapnin 8y agoRe: Nixon using drug laws to criminalize dissent: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16885281 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16885281
- coredog64 8y agoNot from recordings. From a second-hand quote by a single person, now deceased, who was hung out to dry by Nixon after Watergate. It may be true, but it’s worth considering who the source is, their motivations, and why it took so long for the quote to come out.